Two-wheeled vehicle



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TWO WHBBLED VEHICLE. No. 270,700. I Qnlted Jan.16,1883.

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TWO WHEBLED VEHICLE.

No. 270,700. Y Patented Jan. 16,1883.

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CYRUS W. SALADEE, OF TORRINGTON, CONNECTICUT.

TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofiLet/rs Patent No. 270,700, rated January1e, 188e. Applicationv tiled September 14, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OYRUS W. SALADEE, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Torrington, in thecounty ot' Litchfield y and State of Connecticut, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Volantes or Two-Wheeled Vehicles, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Myinventionisanimprovementinvolantes7 or two-wheeled vehicles,whereby tosecurethe advantage of a drop-front body, aready change of the angle ot'the body, an easy spring-suppole to be used, as desired.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a volante embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a half-plan view of the running-gear, the bodyremoved. Fig. 3 is a detached side View ot' the spring` carrying thefront end of the body. Fig. 4 is a detached sectional view, showing theshackle and cross-bar. a side elevation of a volante, showingamodication. Fig. 6 is a half plan view of the same. Figs. 7 and 8 arefront views of the front cross-bar of the frame in Figs. 5 and 6,showing the arms whereby to adjust the relation between the shafts orpole and frame to regulate the hang of the body.-

One feature of my invention is designed to secure the application of aphaeton or dropfront7 body A in this class of vehicles. By elevating therear ends of the shafts, side bars, or frame, and by arranging thesprings, side bars, or shafts, all as shown in the drawings, a means isprovided for the application and use of drop-front bodies in atwo-wheeled vehicle, with the drop-fronts below the axles. The front endof the body is suspended from longitudinal springs L, the rear or heavyends of which are connected to the axle C, whereby the front end of thebody is relieved from that up-and-down tipping motion common in thesevehicles. The front end of each spring L is provided with an eye, L', toreceive the pintle of a shacklejoint. The shafts or the side bars of theframe are secured to the axleC by means of the shackle-joint D, orotherwise. An u'nder brace, F, Fig. 1, has its rear end secured by ashackle-joint, G, to the under side of the axle, or at any suitablepoint below the shacklejoint D. Its front end is united below the bottomof the shat't'B to an adjustable clip, H.

Eig. 5 is- By adjusting the clip El back or forth on the shaft B thefront ends of the shafts are raised or lowered in their relation to thebody, so that the latter may be maintained level or horizontal whether atallorsmallhorse is used. Other` means of adjusting the body in theframe may be employed. The shafts or side bars of the frame areconnected by the cross-bars K and P. The elevated rear end of the bodyis supported by suitable springs. I prefer two lon gitudinal springs, M,their heavy or inner ends being firmly bolted to the body, and theirouter ends bent down, passing round the cross-bar P. and united toshackles N; but I do not limit my claims to the precise arrangement andcombination ofspring shown in the drawings, as it is obvious that otherforms and kinds of springs may be adapted to the frame and body shown toanswer a like purpose, or nearly so.

It is often desirable to have a vehicle which may be used with eithershafts or a pole. To secure this I make the frame with side bars, B2,Fig. 5, of the same form as the frame shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Eithershafts B or a pole, X, dotted lines, Fig. 6, may be secured to the axleC at the points G.

The body may be provided with adjusting devices to alter its level uponthe frame. In Fig. 7 an arrangement suitable for use with shafts isused. In Fig. 8 a pole-adjusting device is shown. In either case thepole X or shaft B is connected by a'link or links, F', (corresponding ineffect to the link P, shown in Fig. 1,) to an adjustable clip, H', uponsome part of the frame. The adjustment ofthe clip alters the angle ofthe body, as before described. A

The device Fig. 7 is substituted for that shown in Fig. 8 whenever thechange is made from shafts to pole.

I do not limit my claim to the adjusting devices here shown. Many otherdevices well known in the state of the art may be substituted therefor.

I claiml. In a volanteor two-wheeled vehicle, a phaeton or drop-frontbody supported upon four longitudinally-arranged springs, two extendingfrom the axle to the bod y and two from the body to the frame,substantially as set forth.

2. In a volante or two-wheeled vehicle, a

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phaeton or drop-front body supported. at the front and rear upon iiexionsprings, the front springs extending forward from the axle and the rearsprings extending from the body to lthe frame, as set forth.

8. In a volante or two-wheeled vehicle, the frame connected directlytothe axle, and body suspended on springs therein, in combination withan adjusting device to set and hold the axle and the shafts in thedesired relation to regulaterthe hang of the body, as set for-thf 4. Ina running-gear for a volante or twowlieeled vehicle, the frame whereonto support the body, consistingof side bars and cross-bars uniting them,in combination with a'pole or shafts extended from the axle andconnecting with the front end of the frame,`substantially as set forth.

- In testimony whereofI have signed my name to thisspecilication in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CYRUS 7. SALADE E.

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. Fos'rnn, A. E. T. HANSMANN.

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